The Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Kenzaburo .Oe speaks at anti-nuclear rally to gather 10 million signatures

80% of whole population is against restarting nuclear power stations.  There are various demonstration is happening in Japan.  One of them is the group called “Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants”.  It has so far collected 7.22 million signatures, which it plans to hand the prime minister’s office in the middle of this month. For scale, Tokyo, which nearly 10 percent of all Japanese call home, has a population of 13 million. A previous rally in September drew 60,000 participants, according to organizers. 

Mr. Kenzaburo Oe speaks at their gathering:  “Nuclear energy is fundamentally mistaken. Even if it offers some success, when we look at it in the big picture it can only lead to damage and to our fall. I think that’s the lesson that we Japanese as a whole have come to realize."

The petition comes just as the Noda administration is calling for a nuclear restart: 

Reference: http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201206060102